Shown here are two photos you might think are completely unrelated. Normally, you would be right. One shows the end of the Island in its current state, a veritable quarry. The other is the 2014 Chevy Corvette, which was introduced to the world this week. To illustrate how the Island is bigger to the universe than anyone really knows – outside ofus Holgaters, of course – I want to share a story.

In the early 2000s, the current Corvette, known as the C6, for sixth-generation Corvette, was shrouded in mystery.